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October 31, 2006
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I would like to get opinions on this Winchester 97 Trench Gun #934681. In reading Canfield’s book I think that this matches up with his description of an early WWII gun with the 6 row handguard and receiver markings but I would appreciate if the more expert eyes take a look and give me an evaluation. Many thanks,[Image Can Not Be Found]
Paul
April 15, 2005
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Paul,
I previously documented this gun in my research survey as an authentic Model 97 Trench Gun.
Bert
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October 31, 2006
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Excellent, Thanks for the quick response
December 31, 2012
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Looks good to me. Has condition problem, but a lot of them do. Are you buying this shotgun? How much may I ask? I would think this is an expensive gun. Bayonet Winchester marked? Here’s my 1943 vintage M97. Big Larry
March 31, 2009
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I would live with the condition. WW II trench guns are hot and can be expensive compared to the WW I trench guns.
December 31, 2012
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A US marked WW1 Trenchgun is worth way more than a Winchester WW2 gun. I sold my last one several years ago for over $13,000.
The WW2 Ithaca I had, sold for $17,500. I had several WW2 Winchester Trench and Riot types. All mint or real close. I just have the one pictured, left. I have all the accoutrements for it too. Mr. Canfield and Eric Archer were good friends at the time I was into US Martial Arms. Big Larry
October 31, 2006
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Thanks again guys for the confirmation. I’ll be into this one about $4k, obviously the condition isn’t great but I just don’t run across these very often and I’d rather have a legitimate one with condition issues than one that has been monkeyed with. The bayonet is a WWI Remington marked model.
June 26, 2013
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pmangelos said
Thanks again guys for the confirmation. I’ll be into this one about $4k, obviously the condition isn’t great but I just don’t run across these very often and I’d rather have a legitimate one with condition issues than one that has been monkeyed with. The bayonet is a WWI Remington marked model.
Real authentic trench guns are hard to come by and I think $4K for this one is a good buy in my opinion. Congrats on your find!
Don
